Open AccessA brief survey of the fight against corruption in the Russian and Ottoman Empire in the first half of the 19th century
Author(s) -
Kristina Jorgić,
Petar Čolić
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1301160j
Subject(s) - reactionary , language change , empire , modernization theory , turkish , criminal code , political science , politics , government (linguistics) , economic history , ottoman empire , law , period (music) , modern history , political economy , history , sociology , ancient history , criminal law , art , linguistics , philosophy , physics , literature , acoustics
For the Russian and Turkish Empire the nineteenth century is the period of adopting reform laws to modernize the country in order to be competitive in the course of time. Although the reform process in Russia was obstructed by the Arakcheyev regime and reactionary politics of Nicholas I of Russia, the government made a serious step in the fight against systemic corruption, enacting the Criminal Code of 1845. On the other hand, Turkey was undoubtedly under considerable foreign pressure concerning modernization processes. The Tanzimat period represents a significant epoch in which Turkey, among other countries, was faced with widespread corruption. The crown success of reformatory work in Turkey was adoption of the Criminal Code of 1856. This paper analyzes the specific laws which sanctioned corruption in these two empires